`Rolex Bandit' Robs Woman In Mall Lot

The so-called Rolex Bandit has struck again -- this time at the Town Center Mall at Boca Raton, police said.

The bandit robbed a woman of her watch and engagement ring in the parking lot outside Burdines shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, Palm Beach County sheriff's officials said.

The woman, a Boca Raton resident whom detectives did not name, left the store with several packages, investigators said. When she got to her black Range Rover, she started the engine and stood outside as the interior cooled down.

The suspect crept up on her, grabbed her neck, threatened to kill her and then grabbed her jewelry, investigators said.

Nicknamed by deputies, the culprit frequently targets women wearing Rolex watches. He has struck at least eight times at Town Center and 33 times across the county in two years, officials said.